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The Bright Tribe Files: Conflict of interest warning over Manchester UTC link

A multi-millionaire property developer is facing criticism for a conflict of interest between two academy trusts he ran. Michael…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The Bright Tribe Files: Northumberland council takes legal action

Northumberland county council has launched legal action to recover £230,000 given to Bright Tribe academy trust to take on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The Bright Tribe Files: What’s going on at the under-fire academy trust?

The inner workings of one of the country’s most controversial academy trusts have been laid bare in the minutes…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Struggling to afford CPD? Charge parents £1 a week, says leading head

A government teacher-training tsar says schools that struggle to pay for teachers’ CPD should ask parents for £1 a…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Sir David Carter: Attainment gap is the ‘civil rights challenge’ of our time

The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is the “big civil rights challenge” facing schools, a senior…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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New teachers in shortage subjects ‘should be first in line’ for pay rises

Extra funding for pay rises should be targeted at teachers who are early in their careers and working in…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Use CPD funding to boost pupil oracy, MPs told

The government should refocus its £75 million teaching and leadership innovation fund to help boost pupils’ speaking and listening skills,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Northumberland Council abandons plan to close 14 schools

Northumberland Council has abandoned plans to close as many as 14 schools. Instead, the local authority’s cabinet will be…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Leo Shapiro steps down as OCR chief executive

Leo Shapiro, the chief executive of exam board OCR, has stepped down after less than two years in post….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Whitehaven Academy closes after asbestos disturbance

Whitehaven Academy, the troubled Cumbrian school at the centre of a row over the state of its buildings, is…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Isle of Wight Studio School to close in 2019

A studio school on the Isle of Wight is set to close next August after struggling to recruit enough…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofqual’s 2017 exam survey: the main findings

Fewer people understand how GCSEs work since the new 9 to 1 grading system came in. The exams regulator…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson